Arkansas § 8-7-1402 - Professional cleanup of properties contaminated through the manufacture of controlled substances.

§ 8-7-1402. Professional cleanup of properties contaminated through the manufacture of controlled substances.

The Division of Environmental Quality shall: Establish and administer a certification program to: Certify contractors who choose to undertake the inspection, sampling, remediation, and removal of contaminated materials from property contaminated through the manufacture of controlled substances; and Require as a condition of certification that the contractors demonstrate that they have the qualifications required to undertake inspection, sampling, remediation, and removal of contaminated materials from property contaminated through the manufacture of controlled substances; Establish standards for the remediation of properties contaminated through the manufacture of controlled substances; Make the certification program rules and the remediation standards available to law enforcement officials and the public: On the division's website; and In hard copy upon request to the division; and Annually review and update the remediation standards. The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission shall promulgate rules to implement the certification program for contractors in the inspection, sampling, remediation, and removal of contaminated materials from property contaminated through the manufacture of controlled substances. The rules promulgated by the commission under this section shall include without limitation: Application forms for certification; Continuing education requirements; Professional and technical standards for certification; Renewals of certification; Procedures for revocation and other actions that affect the status of certification; and Reasonable fees.